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{{About||1950 North and South Korean War|Korean War}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[524]] – The [[Franks]] are defeated by the [[Burgundians]] in the [[Battle of Vézeronce]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Medieval Wars 500–1500.|author=Dennis Showalter|publisher=Amber Books Limited|year=2013|isbn=9781782741190|page=604}}</ref> * [[841]] – In the [[Battle of Fontenoy (841)|Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye]], forces led by [[Charles the Bald]] and [[Louis the German]] defeat the armies of [[Lothair I]] of Italy and [[Pepin II of Aquitaine]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Clifford J. Rogers|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|page=53}}</ref> *[[1258]] – [[War of Saint Sabas]]: In the [[Battle of Acre (1258)|Battle of Acre]], the [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] defeat a larger [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] fleet sailing to relieve [[Acre, Israel|Acre]]. *[[1530]] – At the [[Diet of Augsburg]] the [[Augsburg Confession]] is presented to the [[Holy Roman Emperor]] by the [[Lutheran]] princes and [[Prince-elector|Electors]] of Germany. ===1601–1900=== *[[1658]] – [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces fail to retake [[Jamaica]] at the [[Battle of Rio Nuevo]] during the [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60)|Anglo-Spanish War]]. *[[1678]] – [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[Elena Cornaro Piscopia]] is the first woman awarded a [[Doctor of Philosophy|doctorate of philosophy]] when she graduates from the [[University of Padua]]. *[[1741]] – [[Maria Theresa]] is crowned [[List of rulers of Hungary|Queen of Hungary]]. *[[1786]] – [[Gavriil Pribylov]] discovers [[St. George Island (Alaska)|St. George Island]] of the [[Pribilof Islands]] in the [[Bering Sea]]. *[[1788]] – [[Virginia]] becomes the tenth [[U.S. state|state]] to ratify the [[United States Constitution]]. *[[1848]] – A photograph of the [[June Days uprising]] becomes the first known instance of [[photojournalism]]. *[[1876]] – [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]]: 300 men of the [[U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment]] under [[Lieutenant colonel|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[George Armstrong Custer]] are wiped out by 5,000 [[Lakota people|Lakota]], [[Cheyenne]] and [[Arapaho]], led by [[Sitting Bull]] and [[Crazy Horse]]. *[[1900]] – The [[Taoism|Taoist]] monk [[Wang Yuanlu]] discovers the [[Dunhuang manuscripts]], a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the [[Mogao Caves]] of [[Dunhuang]], China. ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]] millionaire [[Harry Thaw]] shoots and kills prominent architect [[Stanford White]]. *[[1910]] – The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Mann Act]], which prohibits interstate transport of women or girls for "immoral purposes"; the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people for years to come. * 1910 – [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Firebird]]'' is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer. *[[1913]] – [[American Civil War]] veterans begin arriving at the [[Great Reunion of 1913]]. *[[1935]] – [[Colombia–Russia relations|Colombia–Soviet Union relations]] are established. *[[1938]] – Dr. [[Douglas Hyde]] is inaugurated as the first [[President of Ireland]]. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: The French [[Armistice of 22 June 1940|armistice]] with Nazi Germany comes into effect. *[[1941]] – World War II: The [[Continuation War]] between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Finland]], supported by [[Nazi Germany]], began.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://viakarelia.fi/en/themes/military-history/memorials-of-the-continuation-war-on-via-karelia/|title=Memorials of the Continuation War on Via Karelia - Via Karelia|date=March 18, 2019}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[The Holocaust]] and World War II: Jews in the [[Częstochowa Ghetto]] in Poland stage [[Częstochowa Ghetto Uprising|an uprising]] against the Nazis. * 1943 – The left-wing German Jewish exile [[Arthur Goldstein]] is murdered in [[Auschwitz]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: The [[Battle of Tali-Ihantala]], the largest battle ever fought in the [[Nordic countries]], begins. * 1944 – World War II: United States Navy and British Royal Navy ships [[Bombardment of Cherbourg|bombard Cherbourg]] to support [[United States Army]] units engaged in the [[Battle of Cherbourg]]. * 1944 – The final page of the comic ''[[Krazy Kat]]'' is published, exactly two months after its author [[George Herriman]] died. *[[1947]] – ''[[The Diary of a Young Girl]]'' (better known as ''The Diary of Anne Frank'') is published. *[[1948]] – The [[United States Congress]] passes the [[Displaced Persons Act]] to allow [[World War II refugees]] to [[Immigration to the United States|immigrate to the United States]] above quota restrictions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1946–1948: Key Dates|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/1946-1948-key-dates|access-date=2022-01-17|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en}}</ref> *[[1950]] – The [[Korean War]] begins with the invasion of [[First Republic of Korea|South Korea]] by [[North Korea]]. *[[1960]] – Cold War: Two [[cryptography|cryptographers]] working for the United States [[National Security Agency]] left for vacation to Mexico, and from there [[Martin and Mitchell defection|defected to the Soviet Union]]. *[[1975]] – [[Mozambique]] achieves independence from [[Portugal]]. * 1975 – Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] declares a [[The Emergency (India)|state of internal emergency]] in India. *[[1976]] – [[Missouri]] Governor [[Kit Bond]] issues an executive order rescinding the [[Missouri Executive Order 44|Extermination Order]], formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. *[[1978]] – The [[rainbow flag (LGBT movement)|rainbow flag]] representing [[gay pride]] is flown for the first time during the San Francisco [[San Francisco Pride|Gay Freedom Day Parade]]. *[[1981]] – [[Microsoft]] is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. *[[1991]] – The [[breakup of Yugoslavia]] begins when [[Slovenia]] and [[Croatia]] declare their independence from [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. *[[1992]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] launches on [[STS-50]], the first shuttle mission to carry [[Extended Duration Orbiter]] hardware.<ref name="NASA">{{cite web |title=STS-50 |url=http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216184145/http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/missions/sts-50/mission-sts-50.html |url-status=dead }} {{PD-notice}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Kim Campbell]] is sworn in as the first female [[List of Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister of Canada]]. *[[1996]] – The [[Khobar Towers bombing]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] kills 19 [[United States Armed Forces|U.S. servicemen]]. *1996 – American rapper [[Jay-Z]] releases his debut album, [[Reasonable Doubt (album)|Reasonable Doubt]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-24 |title=Coming of Age: JAY-Z’s ‘Reasonable Doubt’ @ 25 |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/reasonable-doubt-25/1-79555 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=TIDAL Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1997]] – An uncrewed [[Progress_M-34|Progress spacecraft]] collides with the Russian [[space station]] ''[[Mir]]''. * 1997 – The [[National Hockey League]] approved expansion franchises for [[Nashville Predators|Nashville]] (1998), [[Atlanta Thrashers|Atlanta]] (1999), [[Columbus Blue Jackets|Columbus]] (2000), and [[Minnesota Wild|Minneapolis-Saint Paul]] (2000). *[[1998]] – In ''[[Clinton v. City of New York]]'', the [[United States Supreme Court]] decides that the [[Line Item Veto Act of 1996]] is [[Constitution of the United States|unconstitutional]]. *[[2007]] – [[PMTair Flight 241]] crashes in the [[Dâmrei Mountains]] in [[Kampot Province, Cambodia]], killing all 22 people on board.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |date=2007-06-27 |title='No survivors' in Cambodia plane |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6243842.stm |access-date=2007-06-26}}</ref> *[[2022]] – The prime minister of Bangladesh, [[Sheikh Hasina]] inaugurates the longest bridge of Bangladesh, [[Padma Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.bdnews24.com/amp/en/detail/bangladesh/2081200|title=Hasina leads celebrations over the opening of Padma Bridge|website=Bdnews24}}</ref> * 2022 – [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]: The [[Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)|Battle of Sievierodonetsk]] ends after weeks of heavy fighting with the Russian capture of the city, leading to the [[Battle of Lysychansk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ukraine Retreats From Embattled City, as Russia Grinds On|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/24/world/europe/ukraine-russia-sievvierodonetsk-donbas-lysychansk.html|author1=Gibbons-Neff, Thomas|author2=Marc Santora|author3=Michael Levenson|website=The New York Times|date=June 24, 2022|access-date=June 27, 2022}}</ref> * 2022 – Two people are killed and 21 more injured after a gunman opens fire at three sites in [[Oslo]] in a [[2022 Oslo shooting|suspected Islamist anti-LGBTQ+ attack]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61933817|title=Oslo shooting: Norway attack being treated as Islamist terrorism, police say|website=BBC News|date=25 June 2022}}</ref> * 2024 – Thousands of people [[2024 storming of the Parliament of Kenya|storm Kenya's Parliament Buildings]] protesting the passing of the government's 2024/25 Finance Bill.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/kenya-protestors-storm-parliament-set-on-fire-4669260|title=Kenya protesters storm parliament, set sections on fire|website=The East African|date=25 June 2024}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== <!-- Do not add yourself or people without Wikipedia articles to this list! --> *[[1242]] – [[Beatrice of England]] (d. 1275)<ref>{{cite book|title=Hadley, John - Intestina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=av9eAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA124|year=1838|publisher=Knight|pages=124}}</ref> *[[1328]] – [[William de Montagu, 2nd Earl of Salisbury]], English commander (d. 1397)<ref>{{cite book|author=George Frederick Beltz|title=Memorials of the Order of the Garter, from Its Foundation to the Present Time|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vcRcAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA36|year=1841|publisher=W. Pickering|pages=36–}}</ref> *[[1371]] – [[Joanna II of Naples]] (d. 1435)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joan II {{!}} queen of Naples {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joan-II |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> *[[1484]] – [[Bartholomeus V. Welser]], German banker (d. 1561) *[[1526]] – [[Elisabeth Parr, Marchioness of Northampton]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Larson |first=Rebecca |date=2017-06-25 |title=Interesting Life of Elizabeth Brooke, Lady Northampton |url=https://tudorsdynasty.com/interesting-life-elizabeth-brooke-lady-northampton/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Tudors Dynasty |language=en-US}}</ref> (d. 1565) *[[1560]] – [[Wilhelm Fabry]], German surgeon (d. 1634) *[[1568]] – [[Gunilla Bielke]], Queen of Sweden (d. 1597) ===1601–1900=== *[[1612]] – [[John Albert Vasa]], Polish cardinal (d. 1634) *[[1632]] – [[Girolamo Corner]], Venetian statesman and military commander (d. 1690)<ref>{{DBI | last = Derosas | first = Renzo | title = CORNER, Girolamo | volume = 29 | url = https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/girolamo-corner_res-479d0835-87eb-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref> *[[1709]] – [[Francesco Araja]], Italian composer (d. 1762) *[[1715]] – [[Joseph Foullon de Doué]], French soldier and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (d. 1789) *[[1755]] – [[Natalia Alexeievna of Russia]] (d. 1776) *[[1799]] – [[David Douglas (botanist)|David Douglas]], Scottish-English botanist and explorer (d. 1834) *[[1814]] – [[Gabriel Auguste Daubrée]], French geologist and engineer (d. 1896) *[[1825]] – [[James Farnell]], Australian politician, 8th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (d. 1888) *[[1852]] – [[Antoni Gaudí]], Spanish architect, designed the [[Park Güell]] (d. 1926) *[[1858]] – [[Georges Courteline]], French author and playwright (d. 1929) *[[1860]] – [[Gustave Charpentier]], French composer and conductor (d. 1956) *[[1863]] – [[Émile Francqui]], Belgian soldier and diplomat (d. 1935) *[[1864]] – [[Walther Nernst]], German chemist and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite book|author=Bartel, Hans-Georg, (1999)|url=http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz71086.html|chapter=Nernst, Walther|pages=66–68|title=Neue Deutsche Biographie |volume=19|access-date=20 September 2018}}</ref> *[[1866]] – [[Eloísa Díaz]], Chilean doctor and Chile's first female physician (d. 1950)<ref name="memoria">{{Cite web |url = http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=biografiaeloisadiaz |title = Eloísa Díaz y Amanda Labarca |publisher = Memoria Chilena |language = es |access-date = September 10, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120427223718/http://www.memoriachilena.cl/temas/dest.asp?id=biografiaeloisadiaz |archive-date = 27 April 2012 |url-status = live}}</ref> *[[1874]] – [[Rose O'Neill]], American [[cartoonist]], illustrator, artist, and writer (d. 1944) *[[1884]] – [[Géza Gyóni]], Hungarian soldier and poet (d. 1917) * 1884 – [[Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler]], German-French art collector and historian (d. 1979) *[[1886]] – [[Henry H. Arnold]], American general (d. 1950) *[[1887]] – [[George Abbott]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995) * 1887 – [[Frigyes Karinthy]], Hungarian author, poet, and journalist (d. 1938) *[[1892]] – [[Shirō Ishii]], Japanese microbiologist and general (d. 1959) *[[1894]] – [[Hermann Oberth]], Romanian-German physicist and engineer (d. 1989) *[[1898]] – [[Kay Sage]], American painter and poet (d. 1963) *[[1900]] – [[Marta Abba]], Italian actress (d. 1988) * 1900 – [[Zinaida Aksentyeva]], Ukrainian/Soviet astronomer (d. 1969) * 1900 – [[Georgia Hale]], American silent film actress and real estate investor (d. 1985) * 1900 – [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma]], English admiral and politician, 44th [[Governor-General of India]] (d. 1979) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Harold Roe Bartle]], American businessman and politician, 47th [[List of mayors of Kansas City, Missouri|Mayor of Kansas City]] (d. 1974) *[[1902]] – [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]] of Japan (d. 1953) *[[1903]] – [[George Orwell]], British novelist, essayist, and critic (d. 1950) * 1903 – [[Anne Revere]], American actress (d. 1990) *[[1905]] – [[Rupert Wildt]], German-American astronomer and academic (d. 1976) *[[1907]] – [[J. Hans D. Jensen]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1973) *[[1908]] – [[Willard Van Orman Quine]], American philosopher and academic (d. 2000) *[[1911]] – [[William Howard Stein]], American chemist and biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1980) *[[1912]] – [[William T. Cahill]], American lawyer and politician, 46th [[Governor of New Jersey]] (d. 1996) *[[1913]] – [[Cyril Fletcher]], English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005) *[[1915]] – [[Whipper Billy Watson]], Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 1990) *[[1917]] – [[Nils Karlsson]], Swedish skier (d. 2012) * 1917 – [[Claude Seignolle]], French author (d. 2018) *[[1918]] – [[P. H. Newby]], English soldier and author (d. 1997) *[[1920]] – [[Lassie Lou Ahern]], American actress (d. 2018) *[[1921]] – [[Celia Franca]], English-Canadian ballerina and choreographer, founded the [[National Ballet of Canada]] (d. 2007) *[[1922]] – [[Johnny Smith]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013) *[[1923]] – [[Sam Francis]], American soldier and painter (d. 1994) * 1923 – [[Dorothy Gilman]], American author (d. 2012) * 1923 – [[Jamshid Amouzegar]], 43rd Prime Minister of Iran (d. 2016) *[[1924]] – [[Sidney Lumet]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011) *[[1924]] – [[Dimitar Isakov]], Bulgarian football player * 1924 – [[Madan Mohan (composer)|Madan Mohan]], Iraqi-Indian composer and director (d. 1975) * 1924 – [[William J. Castagna]], American lawyer and judge (d. 2020) *[[1925]] – [[June Lockhart]], American actress * 1925 – [[Robert Venturi]], American architect and academic (d. 2018)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/obituaries/robert-venturi-dead.html|title = Robert Venturi, Architect Who Rejected Modernism, Dies at 93|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 19 September 2018|last1 = Bernstein|first1 = Fred A.}}</ref> * 1925 – [[Virginia Patton]], American actress and businesswoman (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/virginia-patton-moss-dead-its-a-wonderful-life-1235346753/|work=Variety|title= Virginia Patton Moss, Last Surviving Adult Cast Member of 'It's a Wonderful Life,' Dies at 97|access-date=August 21, 2022|author=Murphy, J. Kim|date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821195102/https://variety.com/2022/film/obituaries-people-news/virginia-patton-moss-dead-its-a-wonderful-life-1235346753/ |archive-date=August 21, 2022}}</ref> *[[1926]] – [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian author and poet (d. 1973) * 1926 – [[Kep Enderby]], Australian lawyer, judge, and politician, 23rd [[Attorney-General for Australia]] (d. 2015) * 1926 – [[Stig Sollander]], Swedish Alpine skier (d. 2019) *[[1927]] – [[Antal Róka]], Hungarian runner (d. 1970) * 1927 – [[Arnold Wolfendale]], English astronomer and academic (d. 2020) *[[1928]] – [[Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov]], Russian-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2017) * 1928 – [[Michel Brault]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) * 1928 – [[Peyo]], Belgian author and illustrator, created ''[[The Smurfs]]'' (d. 1992) *[[1929]] – [[Eric Carle]], American author and illustrator (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/eric-carle-very-hungry-caterpillar-author-illustrator/10699566/|title='The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author, illustrator Eric Carle dies at 91|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/books/eric-carle-dead.html#:~:text=Eric%20Carle%2C%20the%20artist%20and,the%20cause%20was%20kidney%20failure.|title=Eric Carle, Author of ''The Very Hungry Caterpillar'', Dies at 91|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 26, 2021}}</ref> * 1929 – [[Francesco Marchisano]], Italian cardinal (d. 2014) *[[1931]] – [[V. P. Singh]], Indian lawyer and politician, 7th [[Prime Minister of India]] (d. 2008) *[[1932]] – [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]], English painter and illustrator * 1932 – [[George Sluizer]], French-Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014) *[[1933]] – [[Álvaro Siza Vieira]], Portuguese architect, designed the [[Porto School of Architecture]] *[[1934]] – [[Jean Geissinger]], American baseball player (d. 2014) * 1934 – [[Jack W. Hayford]], American minister and author (d. 2023) * 1934 – [[Beatriz Sheridan]], Mexican actress and director (d. 2006) *[[1935]] – [[Ray Butt]], English television producer and director (d. 2013) * 1935 – [[Salihu Ibrahim]], Nigerian Army Officer (d. 2018) * 1935 – [[Taufiq Ismail]], Indonesian poet and activist * 1935 – [[Larry Kramer]], American author, playwright, and activist, co-founded [[Gay Men's Health Crisis]] (d. 2020) * 1935 – [[Don Demeter]], American professional baseball player (d. 2021) * 1935 – [[Tony Lanfranchi]], English racing driver (d. 2004) * 1935 – [[Judy Howe]], American artistic gymnast * 1935 – [[Charles Sheffield]], English-American mathematician, physicist, and author (d. 2002) *[[1936]] – [[B. J. Habibie]], Indonesian engineer and politician, 3rd [[President of Indonesia]] (d. 2019) * 1936 – [[Bert Hölldobler]], German biologist and entomologist *[[1937]] – [[Eddie Floyd]], American R&B/soul singer-songwriter * 1937 – [[Derek Foster, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland]], English politician (d. 2019) * 1937 – [[Doreen Wells]], English ballerina and actress *[[1939]] – [[Allen Fox]], American tennis player and coach *[[1940]] – [[Judy Amoore]], Australian runner * 1940 – [[Mary Beth Peil]], American actress and singer * 1940 – [[A. J. Quinnell]], English-Maltese author (d. 2005) * 1940 – [[Clint Warwick]], English bass player (d. 2004) *[[1941]] – [[Denys Arcand]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1941 – [[John Albert Raven]], Scottish academic and ecologist *[[1942]] – [[Patricia Brake]], English actress (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Patricia Brake obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/may/30/patricia-brake-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=31 May 2022 |language=en |date=30 May 2022}}</ref> * 1942 – [[Nikiforos Diamandouros]], Greek academic and politician * 1942 – [[Willis Reed]], American basketball player, coach, and manager (d. 2023) * 1942 – [[Michel Tremblay]], Canadian author and playwright *[[1943]] – [[Carly Simon]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[British Film Institute|BFI]]|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba312883c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103043008/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba312883c|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2019|title=Carly Simon}}</ref> *[[1944]] – [[Robert Charlebois]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor * 1944 – [[Gary David Goldberg]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2013) *[[1945]] – [[Baba Gana Kingibe]], Nigerian politician * 1945 – [[Harry Womack]], American singer (d. 1974) *[[1946]] – [[Roméo Dallaire]], Dutch-Canadian general and politician * 1946 – [[Allen Lanier]], American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2013) * 1946 – [[Ian McDonald (musician)|Ian McDonald]], English guitarist and saxophonist (d. 2022) *[[1947]] – [[John Powell (discus thrower)|John Powell]], American discus thrower (d. 2022) * 1947 – [[Jimmie Walker]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmie Walker |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/jimmie-walker#biographyhttps://prod-www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/200897%7C0/Jimmie-Walker#biography |publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]] |access-date=23 June 2023}}</ref> * 1947 – [[Paul-André Cadieux]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2024)<ref>[https://www.laliberte.ch/info-regionale/carnet-noir-l-ancien-entraineur-de-gotteron-paul-andre-cadieux-est-decede-743877 Carnet noir: L’ancien entraîneur de Gottéron Paul-André Cadieux est décédé] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> *[[1949]] – [[Richard Clarke (bishop)|Richard Clarke]], Irish archbishop * 1949 – [[Patrick Tambay]], French racing driver (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Ski|date=Oct 1983|author=Chuck Queener|title=The Game's the Same|page=123}}</ref> * 1949 – [[Yoon Joo-sang]], South Korean actor *[[1950]] – [[Marcello Toninelli]], Italian author and screenwriter *[[1951]] – [[Eva Bayer-Fluckiger]], Swiss mathematician and academic *[[1952]] – [[Péter Erdő]], Hungarian cardinal * 1952 – [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter * 1952 – [[Martin Gerschwitz]], German singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1952 – [[Kristina Abelli Elander]], Swedish artist *[[1953]] – [[Olivier Ameisen]], French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013) * 1953 – [[Ian Davis (cricketer)|Ian Davis]], Australian cricketer *[[1954]] – [[Mario Lessard]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1954 – [[David Paich]], American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer * 1954 – [[Sonia Sotomayor]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor |title=Sonia Sotomayor |website=Oyez |language=en-US |publisher=[[Legal Information Institute]] (Cornell University), [[Chicago-Kent College of Law]] |access-date=June 23, 2018 |archive-date=October 14, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014034856/https://www.oyez.org/justices/sonia_sotomayor |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1955]] – [[Vic Marks]], English cricketer and sportscaster *[[1956]] – [[Anthony Bourdain]], American chef and author (d. 2018) * 1956 – [[Boris Trajkovski]], Macedonian politician, 2nd [[President of the Republic of Macedonia]] (d. 2004) * 1956 – [[Craig Young (rugby league)|Craig Young]], Australian rugby player and coach *[[1957]] – [[Greg Millen]], Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butler |first=Alex |date=April 8, 2025 |title=Longtime NHL goalie, analyst Greg Millen dies at 67 |url=https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/NHL/2025/04/08/canada-NHL-goalie-Greg-Millen-dies/3591744111148/ |access-date=April 17, 2025 |website=[[United Press International]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1959]] – [[Lutz Dombrowski]], German long jumper and educator * 1959 – [[Jari Puikkonen]], Finnish ski jumper * 1959 – [[Bobbie Vaile]], Australian astrophysicist and astronomer (d. 1996) *[[1960]] – [[Alastair Bruce of Crionaich]], English-Scottish journalist and author<ref>{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |pages=1297–1298|ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref> * 1960 – [[Craig Johnston]], South African-Australian footballer and photographer * 1960 – [[Laurent Rodriguez]], French rugby player *[[1961]] – [[Timur Bekmambetov]], Kazakh director, producer, and screenwriter * 1961 – [[Ricky Gervais]], English comedian, actor, director, producer and singer *[[1963]] – [[Yann Martel]], Spanish-born Canadian author<ref>{{cite book|title=A Study Guide (New Edition) for Yann Martel's "The Life of Pi"|publisher=Gale, Cengage|isbn=9780028665801|page=1}}</ref> * 1963 – [[Doug Gilmour]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager * 1963 – [[George Michael]], English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2016)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/george-michael-dead-7633292/|title=George Michael Dies at 53|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=December 25, 2016|access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Phil Emery]], Australian cricketer * 1964 – [[Johnny Herbert]], English racing driver and sportscaster * 1964 – [[John McCrea (musician)|John McCrea]], American singer-songwriter and musician *[[1965]] – [[Napole Polutele]], French politician * 1965 – [[Kerri Pottharst]], Australian beach volleyball player *[[1966]] – [[Dikembe Mutombo]], Congolese-American basketball player (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Close |first=David |date=2024-09-30 |title=Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo dies from brain cancer at 58, NBA says |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/sport/dikembe-mutombo-death-nba-spt-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> *[[1967]] – [[Tracey Spicer]], Australian journalist *[[1968]] – [[Adrian Garvey]], Zimbabwean-South African rugby player * 1968 – [[Vaios Karagiannis]], Greek footballer and manager *[[1969]] – [[Kevin Kelley (American football)|Kevin Kelley]], American football coach<ref>{{cite web |title=A different way to think football |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/apr/10/a-different-way-to-think-football/ |website=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |access-date=May 8, 2021 |language=en |date=April 10, 2021}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Roope Latvala]], Finnish guitarist * 1970 – [[Erki Nool]], Estonian decathlete and politician *[[1971]] – [[Karen Darke]], English cyclist and author<ref>{{cite web|title=Karen Darke|url=http://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Karen-Darke.pdf|publisher=Scottish Disability Sport|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Jason Gallian]], Australian-English cricketer and educator * 1971 – [[Rod Kafer]], Australian rugby player and sportscaster * 1971 – [[Angela Kinsey]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schremph |first1=Kelly |title=Jenna Fischer's Birthday Message To Angela Kinsey Will Melt Your 'Office'-Loving Heart |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/jenna-fischers-birthday-message-to-angela-kinsey-proves-these-office-costars-are-total-bffs-photo-18144459 |publisher=[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]] |access-date=23 June 2023 |date=25 June 2019}}</ref> * 1971 – [[Neil Lennon]], Northern Irish-Scottish footballer and manager * 1971 – [[Michael Tucker (baseball)|Michael Tucker]], American baseball player *[[1972]] – [[Carlos Delgado]], Puerto Rican baseball player and coach * 1972 – [[Saif al-Islam Gaddafi]], Libyan engineer and politician *[[1973]] – [[Milan Hnilička]], Czech ice hockey player * 1973 – [[Jamie Redknapp]], English footballer and coach<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/396|title=Players - Jamie Redknapp|website=LFC History|access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Nisha Ganatra]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter * 1974 – [[Glen Metropolit]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1975]] – [[Kiur Aarma]], Estonian journalist and producer * 1975 – [[Linda Cardellini]], American actress<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/11/25/linda-cardellini-2/ |title=Linda Cardellini |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 25, 2007 |author=Jacqueline Cutler |access-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Albert Costa]], Spanish tennis player and coach<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/albert-costa/c378/overview |title=Albert Costa |website=atptour.com |publisher=[[Association of Tennis Professionals]] |access-date=March 21, 2021}}</ref> * 1975 – [[Vladimir Kramnik]], Russian chess player * 1975 – [[Michele Merkin]], American model and television host *[[1976]] – [[José Cancela]], Uruguayan footballer * 1976 – [[Carlos Nieto (rugby union)|Carlos Nieto]], Argentinian-Italian rugby player * 1976 – [[Neil Walker (swimmer)|Neil Walker]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web|title=Neil Walker|url=https://www.olympic.org/neil-walker|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=10 May 2020}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Aramis Ramírez]], Dominican baseball player *[[1979]] – [[Richard Hughes (footballer)|Richard Hughes]], Scottish footballer * 1979 – [[Busy Philipps]], American actress *[[1981]] – [[Simon Ammann]], Swiss ski jumper<ref>{{cite web|title=Simon Ammann|url=https://www.olympic.org/simon-ammann|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Rain (entertainer)|Rain]], South Korean singer and actor * 1982 – [[Mikhail Youzhny]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/mikhail-youzhny/y061/overview |title=Mikhail Youzhny |website=atptour.com |publisher=[[Association of Tennis Professionals]]}}</ref> *[[1983]] – [[Marc Janko]], Austrian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/14537/Marc_Janko.html|title=Marc Janko|website=National Football Teams|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Karim Matmour]], Algerian footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.htafc.com/news/2016/january/signing-karim-matmour-arrives-at-htafc/|title=Signing: Karim Matmour arrives at HTAFC|date=20 January 2016|website=Huddersfield Town|author=David Threlfall-Sykes|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] – [[Aya Matsuura]], Japanese singer and actress *[[1988]] – [[Jhonas Enroth]], Swedish ice hockey player * 1988 – [[Miguel Layún]], Mexican footballer * 1988 – [[Therese Johaug]], Norwegian cross-country skier<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/therese-johaug|title=Therese Johaug|website=IOC|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Andi Eigenmann]], Filipino actress<ref>{{cite news|author1=Abunda, Boy|author-link=Boy Abunda|title=All out for Andi|url=http://www.philstar.com/entertainment/567545/all-out-andi|access-date=14 June 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=19 April 2010}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Pietro Fittipaldi]], Brazilian-American race car driver *[[1998]] – [[Kyle Chalmers]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/kyle-chalmers|title=Kyle Chalmers|website=IOC|access-date=March 20, 2021}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Philip Broberg]], Swedish professional ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/oilers/player/philip-broberg-8481598|title=Philip Broberg|website=NHL|access-date=June 24, 2024}}</ref> * [[2002]] – [[Benson Boone]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/benson-boone-who-facts-beautiful-things/|title=Benson Boone: Everything you need to know about the Beautiful Things singer and TikTok star|first1=Carl|last1=Smith|website=[[Official Charts]]|date=March 19, 2024|access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[635]] – [[Emperor Gaozu of Tang|Gao Zu]], Chinese emperor (b. 566) * [[841]] – [[Gerard, Count of Auvergne|Gerard of Auvergne]], Frankish nobleman * 841 – [[Ricwin of Nantes]], Frankish nobleman * [[891]] – [[Sunderolt]], German archbishop * [[931]] – [[An Chonghui]], Chinese general *[[1014]] – [[Æthelstan Ætheling]], son of [[Æthelred the Unready]] *[[1031]] – [[Emperor Shengzong of Liao|Sheng Zong]], Chinese emperor (b. 972) *[[1134]] – [[Niels, King of Denmark|Niels]], king of Denmark (b. 1065) *[[1218]] – [[Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester]], French politician, [[Lord High Steward]] (b. 1160) *[[1291]] – [[Eleanor of Provence]], queen of England (b. 1223) *[[1337]] – [[Frederick III of Sicily|Frederick III]], king of Sicily (b. 1272) *[[1394]] – [[Dorothea of Montau]], German hermitess (b. 1347)<ref>Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}})</ref> *[[1483]] – [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers]], English courtier and translator (b. 1440) * 1483 – [[Richard Grey]], half brother of [[Edward V of England]] (b. 1458) *[[1522]] – [[Franchinus Gaffurius]], Italian composer and theorist (b. 1451) *[[1533]] – [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]], queen of France (b. 1496)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158028-4 |page=261 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&dq=Mary+Tudor+1496+25+june+1533&pg=PT261 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1579]] – [[Hatano Hideharu]], Japanese warlord (b. 1541) *[[1593]] – [[Michele Mercati]], Italian physician and archaeologist (b. 1541) ===1601–1900=== *[[1634]] – [[John Marston (playwright)|John Marston]], English poet and playwright (b. 1576) *[[1638]] – [[Juan Pérez de Montalbán]], Spanish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1602) *[[1665]] – [[Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria|Sigismund Francis]], archduke of Austria (b. 1630) *[[1669]] – [[François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort|François de Vendôme]], duke of Beaufort (b. 1616) *[[1671]] – [[Giovanni Battista Riccioli]], Italian priest and astronomer (b. 1598) *[[1673]] – [[Charles de Batz-Castelmore d'Artagnan]], French captain (b. 1611) *[[1686]] – [[Simon Ushakov]], Russian painter and educator (b. 1626) *[[1715]] – [[Jean-Baptiste du Casse]], French admiral and politician (b. 1646) *[[1767]] – [[Georg Philipp Telemann]], German composer and theorist (b. 1681) *[[1798]] – [[Thomas Sandby]], English cartographer, painter, and architect (b. 1721) *[[1822]] – [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]], German composer, critic, and jurist (b. 1776) *[[1835]] – [[Ebenezer Pemberton]], American educator (b. 1746) *[[1838]] – [[François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo]], French general and engineer (b. 1774) *[[1861]] – [[Abdülmecid I]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1823) *[[1866]] – [[Alexander von Nordmann]], Finnish biologist and paleontologist (b. 1803) *[[1868]] – [[Carlo Matteucci]], Italian physicist and neurophysiologist (b. 1811) *[[1870]] – [[David Heaton]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1823) *[[1875]] – [[Antoine-Louis Barye]], French sculptor (b. 1796) *[[1876]] – [[James Calhoun (soldier)|James Calhoun]], American lieutenant (b. 1845) * 1876 – [[Boston Custer]], American civilian army contractor (b. 1848) * 1876 – [[George Armstrong Custer]], American general (b. 1839) * 1876 – [[Thomas Custer]], American officer, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1845) * 1876 – [[Myles Keogh]], Irish-American officer (b. 1840) *[[1882]] – [[François Jouffroy]], French sculptor (b. 1806) *[[1884]] – [[Hans Rott]], Austrian organist and composer (b. 1858) *[[1886]] – [[Jean-Louis Beaudry]], Canadian businessman and politician, 11th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (b. 1809) *[[1894]] – [[Marie François Sadi Carnot]], French engineer and politician, 5th [[President of France]] (b. 1837) ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Stanford White]], American architect, designed the [[Washington Square Arch]] (b. 1853) *[[1912]] – [[Lawrence Alma-Tadema]], Dutch-British painter (b. 1836) *[[1916]] – [[Thomas Eakins]], American painter, photographer, and sculptor (b. 1844) *[[1917]] – [[Géza Gyóni]], Hungarian soldier and poet (b. 1884) *[[1918]] – [[Jake Beckley]], American baseball player and coach (b. 1867) *[[1922]] – [[Satyendranath Dutta]], Indian poet and author (b. 1882) *[[1937]] – [[Colin Clive]], British actor (b. 1900) *[[1939]] – [[Richard Seaman]], English race car driver (b. 1913) *[[1943]] – [[Arthur Goldstein]], German Jewish left-wing activist (c. 1887) *[[1944]] – [[Dénes Berinkey]], Hungarian jurist and politician, 18th [[Prime Minister of Hungary]] (b. 1871) * 1944 – [[Lucha Reyes (Mexican singer)|Lucha Reyes]], Mexican singer and actress (b. 1906) *[[1947]] – [[Jimmy Doyle]], American boxer (b. 1924) *[[1948]] – [[William C. Lee]], American general (b. 1895) *[[1949]] – [[Buck Freeman]], American baseball player (b. 1871) * 1949 – [[James Steen (water polo)|James Steen]], American water polo player (b. 1876) *[[1950]] – [[Muiris Ó Súilleabháin]], Irish police officer and author (b. 1904) *[[1958]] – [[Alfred Noyes]], English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1880) *[[1959]] – [[Charles Starkweather]], American spree killer (b. 1938) *[[1960]] – [[Tommy Corcoran (baseball)|Tommy Corcoran]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1869) *[[1968]] – [[Tony Hancock]], English comedian and actor (b. 1924) *[[1971]] – [[John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr]], Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1880) *[[1972]] – [[Jan Matulka]], Czech-American painter and illustrator (b. 1890) *[[1974]] – [[Cornelius Lanczos]], Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893) *[[1976]] – [[Johnny Mercer]], American singer-songwriter, co-founded [[Capitol Records]] (b. 1909) *[[1977]] – [[Olave Baden-Powell]], British [[Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting]] leader (b. 1889) * 1977 – [[Endre Szervánszky]], Hungarian pianist and composer (b. 1911) *[[1979]] – [[Dave Fleischer]], American animator, director, and producer (b. 1894) * 1979 – [[Philippe Halsman]], Latvian-American photographer (b. 1906) *[[1981]] – [[Felipe Cossío del Pomar]], Peruvian painter and political activist (b. 1888) *[[1983]] – [[Alberto Ginastera]], Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1916)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Ginastera {{!}} Argentine composer {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alberto-Ginastera |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=27 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1984]] – [[Michel Foucault]], French historian and philosopher (b. 1926) *[[1988]] – [[Hillel Slovak]], Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1962) *[[1990]] – [[Ronald Gene Simmons]], American sergeant and murderer (b. 1940) *[[1992]] – [[Jerome Brown]], American football player (b. 1965) *[[1995]] – [[Warren E. Burger]], Fifteenth Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1907) * 1995 – [[Ernest Walton]], Irish physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1903) *[[1996]] – [[Arthur Snelling]], English civil servant and diplomat, [[List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa|British Ambassador to South Africa]] (b. 1914) *[[1997]] – [[Jacques Cousteau]], French oceanographer and explorer (b. 1910) *[[1999]] – [[Fred Trump]], American real estate developer and businessman (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite news |author1-first=Angela |author1-last=Mosconi |title=Fred Trump, dad of Donald, dies at 93 |date=1999-06-26 |newspaper=[[New York Post]] |url=https://nypost.com/1999/06/26/fred-trump-dad-of-donald-dies-at-93/ |archive-date=2015-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204015132/https://nypost.com/1999/06/26/fred-trump-dad-of-donald-dies-at-93/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Jean Corbeil]], Canadian politician, 29th [[Minister of Labour (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Labour]] (b. 1934) *[[2003]] – [[Lester Maddox]], American businessman and politician, 75th [[Governor of Georgia]] (b. 1915) *[[2004]] – [[Morton Coutts]], New Zealand inventor (b. 1904) *[[2005]] – [[John Fiedler]], American actor and voice artist (b. 1925) * 2005 – [[Kâzım Koyuncu]], Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1971) *[[2006]] – [[Jaap Penraat]], Dutch-American humanitarian (b. 1918) *[[2007]] – [[J. Fred Duckett]], American journalist and educator (b. 1933) * 2007 – [[Jeeva (director)|Jeeva]], Indian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1963) *[[2008]] – [[Lyall Watson]], South African anthropologist and ethologist (b. 1939) *[[2009]] – [[Farrah Fawcett]], American actress and producer (b. 1947)<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2009/06/25/farrah-fawcett-dies/|title=Farrah Fawcett dies at 62|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=June 25, 2009|access-date=June 6, 2024}}</ref> * 2009 – [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (b. 1958) * 2009 – [[Sky Saxon]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1937) *[[2010]] – [[Alan Plater]], English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1935) * 2010 – [[Richard B. Sellars]], American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1915) *[[2011]] – [[Annie Easley]], American computer scientist and mathematician (b. 1933) * 2011 – [[Goff Richards]], English composer and conductor (b. 1944) * 2011 – [[Margaret Tyzack]], English actress (b. 1931) *[[2012]] – [[Shigemitsu Dandō]], Japanese academic and jurist (b. 1913) * 2012 – [[Campbell Gillies]], Scottish jockey (b. 1990) * 2012 – [[George Randolph Hearst, Jr.]], American businessman (b. 1927) * 2012 – [[Lucella MacLean]], American baseball player (b. 1921) * 2012 – [[Edgar Ross (boxer)|Edgar Ross]], American boxer (b. 1949) *[[2013]] – [[George Burditt (writer)|George Burditt]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1923) * 2013 – [[Catherine Gibson]], Scottish swimmer (b. 1931) * 2013 – [[Robert E. Gilka]], American photographer and journalist (b. 1916) * 2013 – [[Harry Parker (rower)|Harry Parker]], American rower and coach (b. 1935) * 2013 – [[Mildred Ladner Thompson]], American journalist (b. 1918) * 2013 – [[Green Wix Unthank]], American soldier and judge (b. 1923) *[[2014]] – [[Nigel Calder]], English journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1931) * 2014 – [[Ana María Matute]], Spanish author and academic (b. 1925) * 2014 – [[Ivan Plyushch]], Ukrainian agronomist and politician (b. 1941) *[[2015]] – [[Patrick Macnee]], English actor (b. 1922) * 2015 – [[Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni]], Egyptian-Armenian patriarch (b. 1940) *[[2016]] – [[Adam Small (writer)|Adam Small]], South African writer of apartheid-period (b. 1936) *[[2023]] – [[Simon Crean]], Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/25/former-labor-leader-simon-crean-dies-age-74 |title=Tributes flow after former Labor leader Simon Crean dies age 74 |first=Paul |last=Karp |date=25 June 2023 |newspaper=[[Guardian Australia]] |access-date=27 June 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Sika Anoa‘i]], American Samoan professional wrestler (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kasabian |first=Paul |title=WWE Hall of Famer Sika Anoa'i Dies at Age 79; Father of Roman Reigns |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10126042-wwe-hall-of-famer-sika-anoai-dies-at-age-79-father-of-roman-reigns |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=Bleacher Report |language=en}}</ref> * 2024 – [[Bill Cobbs]], American actor (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bill Cobbs, 'The Sopranos' and 'The Bodyguard' character actor, dies at 90 |url=https://www.thewrap.com/bill-cobbs-dies-sopranos-bodyguard/ |website=TheWrap |date=June 26, 2024}}</ref> <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *[[Arbor Day#Philippines|Arbor Day]] ([[Philippines]]) *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[David of Munktorp]] **[[Eurosia]] **[[Maximus of Turin|Maximus (Massimo) of Turin]] **[[Our Lady of Medjugorje]]<ref>{{cite web |title=25 giugno, Anniversario Medjugorje |url=https://rusconiviaggi.com/it/25-giugno-anniversario-medjugorje/ |website=Rusconi Viaggi |date= |access-date=29 October 2024 |language=it}}</ref> **[[Philipp Melanchthon]] ([[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]]) **Presentation of the [[Augsburg Confession]] ([[Lutheran]]) **[[Prosper of Aquitaine]] **[[Prosper of Reggio]] **[[William of Montevergine]] **[[June 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Independence Day (Mozambique)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Mozambique]] from Portugal in 1975. *[[Independence Day (Croatia)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Croatia observing Independence Day today |date=25 June 2023 |url=https://www.croatiaweek.com/croatia-observing-independence-day-today/}}</ref> *[[National Catfish Day]] ([[United States]]) *[[Statehood Day (Slovenia)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National days |url=https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/embassies/national-days/ |website=New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade |access-date=17 November 2020 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> *[[Statehood Day (Virginia)]] *[[Teacher's Day]] ([[Guatemala]]) *[[World Vitiligo Day]] == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/25 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=06|day=25}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/june/25 |title=Historical Events on June 25 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:June 25}} [[Category:Days of June]]
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